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New Jersey Voters Approve State Minimum Wage Hike

New Jersey residents on Tuesday approved raising the state’s minimum wage by $1, to $8.25 an hour, as well as to provide for automatic cost-of-living increases as 10 other states already do.

16 mins ago

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) (credit: booker.senate.gov)

Sen. Cory Booker Maintains Optimism About Bringing Change To Washington

It’s Election Day across the region. But newly sworn in Sen. Cory Booker gets to sit this one out. He was elected to take over the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s seat last month in a special election.

8 hours ago

Rudy Giuliani at a campaign stop with Joe Lhota on Staten Island on Nov. 1, 2013 (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Giuliani Joins Lhota, Christie On Campaign Stops

Largely absent from Lhota’s campaign, Giuliani swooped in Friday to rally seniors on Staten Island’s South Shore.

2013/11/01

Gov. Chris Christie shakes a woman's hand in Little Ferry, NJ during a visit with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, August 20, 2013. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

Poll: New Jersey Voters Want Christie To Run For President

A Quinnipiac University poll of likely New Jersey voters released Tuesday shows 48 percent say they would like to see the Republican run for president in 2016. Forty-one percent would not.

2013/10/29

Newark Mayor And Senate Hopeful Cory Booker Attends Election Night Gathering

Cory Booker To Be Sworn In As Senator Oct. 31

Booker, a Democrat, was elected last week to complete the 15 months remaining on the term of former Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died in June at age 89.

2013/10/23

Cory Booker delivers his victory speech after defeating Steve Lonegan in the U.S. Senate race. (credit: Getty Images)

Cory Booker: I’ll Bring Bipartisan Spirit To Washington

A day after winning New Jersey’s vacant Senate seat, Booker said he’s talking to officials in Washington about when he might be sworn in.

2013/10/17